Neospora caninum and Bovine Virus Diarrhoea Virus Infections in Swedish Dairy Cows in Relation to Abortion

Veterinary Journal

Volumn 159, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 201-206

  Björkman, Camilla ^a   Alenius, Stefan ^b   Emanuellson, Ulf ^c   Uggla, Arvid ^b  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b NATIONAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c Epi Lys   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Neospora caninum; bovine virus diarrhoea; cattle; prevalence; abortion.

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; BOVINE VIRAL DIARRHEA VIRUS 1; NEOSPORA CANINUM; PROTOZOA;

PROTOZOON ANTIBODY; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BOVINE DIARRHEA VIRUS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; COCCIDIOSIS; DAIRYING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; NEOSPORA; PARASITOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; SWEDEN; VETERINARY ABORTION; VIROLOGY;

ABORTION, VETERINARY; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BOVINE VIRUS DIARRHEA-MUCOSAL DISEASE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; COCCIDIOSIS; DAIRYING; DIARRHEA VIRUSES, BOVINE VIRAL; FEMALE; NEOSPORA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SWEDEN;

EID: 0034145848     PISSN: 10900233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/tvjl.1999.0446     Document Type: Article

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